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Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán was the toast of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) this week, but that doesn’t mean all conservatives are on board with lionizing him. Writing on Twitter, American Enterprise Institute fellow Ivana Stradner warned her fellow

Israel unleashed a wave of airstrikes in Gaza on Friday, killing at least four people, including a senior militant, according to Palestinian officials. Israel said it was targeting the Islamic Jihad militant group amid days of heightened tensions following the

China halts climate, military ties over Pelosi Taiwan visit  The Associated Press China sanctions House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over ‘egregious provocation’ in visit to Taiwan  Fox News Pelosi defends Taiwan trip and status quo  Reuters The one thing Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit achieved  The

White House summoned Chinese ambassador to condemn provocations after Pelosi’s Taiwan visit  CNN

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel unleashed a wave of airstrikes in Gaza on Friday, killing at least seven people, including a senior militant, and wounding another 40, according to Palestinian officials. Israel said it was targeting the Islamic Jihad

The strikes risk igniting yet another war in the territory, which is ruled by the Islamic militant group Hamas and is home to about 2 million Palestinians.

Noxious gases from an Icelandic volcano threaten to pollute the air of a nearby village and risk spreading to the capital Reykjavik, the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) said on Friday. The weather agency said it expected particularly heavy gas pollution

China’s firing of missiles during military drills around Taiwan was an unjustified escalation, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, as Beijing said it would impose sanctions on House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi for visiting the island. Diplomatic relations

It was not immediately clear what Israel was targeting or if anyone had been killed and wounded, but the strikes risked igniting yet another war in the territory.

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state health officials issued a more urgent call Thursday for unvaccinated children and adults to get inoculated against polio, citing new evidence of possible “community spread” of the dangerous virus. The polio virus has now